Thursday, December 31, 2009

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World



Can you paint with all the colors of the bland?

Disney, 1998

Ah, Pocahontas. Never cared for this Disney film. Sure, it had a decent story, somewhat interesting plot, a great voice cast, is loosely based on supposed historical situations, and has some really good songs, it just never stuck with me like so many others did. And not because of some claim that it's a movie that females would enjoy. I loved Cinderella as a kid, as well as others that some would consider to play strongly to the hearts of the female persuasion. Pocahontas however felt more like a history lesson, and cheesy love story than an entertaining 80 minute romp. That, and the villain Ratcliffe was kinda lame. Lacking the charisma and wickedness that the villains of the 90's Disney age had seen up to this point. He was more of a greedy, gold obsessed racist than a real threat like Scar or Gaston, and easily the most forgettable villain in the Disney cavalcade.


Ratcliffe blows.

So, even knowing I'm not overly fond of its predecessor, I have decided to review the Cheapquel, Journey to a New World. Will this be a solid step up or.... Who am I trying to fool? It's a damn Cheapquel! Let's set sail.



We start the film in England a few years after the first film, as soldiers enter John Smith's (No longer voiced by Mel Gibson of course, but his brother Donal Gibson. Which is fine, but he does sound like a faster, less cooler version of Mel) home to arrest him for treason. The soldiers give chase to him on the rooftops, and despite his efforts, ends up hanging off a roof, only to have Ratcliffe send him falling into the water below. Ratcliffe later claims in front of the king and queen that he tried to save John Smith in hopes to gain a declaration of war on the Indians. However, the king orders him to wait until John Rolfe returns with the chief.


I said JOHN Rolfe


not John Rowlf.



or John Ralphus either

Can we just continue please?



After the title rolls, we see it's winter in Virginia, and all the females of the tribe are carrying food. Of course, this movie's versions of Abu, Meeko the raccoon, and his pug counterpart Percy try and cause trouble, and Pocahontas and her friend engage in a snowball fight. Though during the wackiness, Pocahontas drops the compass given to her by John Smith in the first movie, and begins to mourn the death of her love. We get a bit more knee slapping silliness from our animal pals, before we get our first song of the movie. It's not a bad opener song, essentially Pocahontas singing about her future and where she will go from here. It may not be perfect, but at least there's no Gilbert Gottfried to be heard. And by sheer coincidence, Rolfe's ship arrives as the settlers come to greet him. And or course, being the least bit egotistic, rides off the ship on a horse. which is a foolish decision, because our wacky sidekicks scare the bejesus out of the horse, who knocks Rolfe off, and runs wild. Pocahontas saves a sailor, who repays her by calling her a bloody savage. This pisses off the natives, and the settlers also get ready to shoot, until Pocahontas steps in to put a stop to the insanity. But of course, sir doucheness Rolfe tries to take the credit, which causes early tension between the pair. he also hears two women say that Pocahontas would not want to start a war, and of course, he believes that Pocahontas is the name of the chief. It's not the first time someone made a silly mistake involving natives.



And of course, at the tribal dance, he confuses the chief, and gives his horse to Pocahontas. Because if its one thing she needs, it's more silly animal sidekicks. Rolfe tries to convince the chief (Played by our old pal Jim Cummings) to head to England to speak with the king, but he refuses. Pocahontas decides that she will go instead. She visits Grandmother Willow, who pretty much tells her essentially to listen to her spirit within. Which is impossible to do while hanging with loud annoying, yet lovable animal sidekicks. As the day to set sail arrives, the chief sends Uttama... Uttamato.... Ultimatewarrio.... Let's just call him Rick, to watch over Pocahontas, and to cut into a large stick whenever he sees a white person. Because England is devoid of whitey. Meanwhile, Pocahontas does perhaps the wisest thing so far in this damn movie, and tells her annoying animal sidekicks to stay. And of course, they stow away on the ship. England better get ready. Because if they thought the black plague was bad, get ready for the sidesplitting humor of the Flit, Meeko, and Percy experience. And of course, it takes them all but a little while on board to start creating mischief. The captain threatens Pocahontas, which pisses of Rick.


Don't screw with Rick.

When Rolfe comes to the defense of Pocahontas, we get the first signs of romantic interest between the two. Which is followed by 25 seconds of the ship slowly sailing towards land. Our group take a carriage to the castle (except for Rick, who is so bad ass, he'd rather walk). And we get our 2nd song, what a day in London. Villagers sing about London, and Pocahontas get horny for the town. But the happy go luckiness comes to an abrupt halt as the duke of dick AKA Ratcliffe makes the scene. Still believing there is gold in them thar hills, he is set to send an armada to reclaim Jamestown.




And because there's not enough silly characters in this little film, we meet Mrs. Magoo, I mean Mrs. Jenkins (voiced by Jean Stapleton), who I guess is Rolfe's housekeeper. Rolfe Tries to talk King James out of his situation, but since he didn't bring the chief, no sale. Ratcliffe suggest Pocahontas goes to the royal ball to prove she isn't a savage, and the king, being almost as douche level as Ratcliffe agrees. So it's time to make over Pocahontas for the big ball. And if you ever wanted to hear a British Edith Bunker singing, you get it with our 3rd song. You were doing so well movie. No disrespect to Jean, it's just... It's bad enough i had to suffer through Gottfried, now Edith Bunker as Angela Lansbury's cheap replacement? So, Pocahontas get dressed up, removes the last thing that represents her past, the necklace her father gave her, and it's off to the ball. Thankfully without our beloved trio of mischief makers. So after kissing the king's ass, it looks like smooth sailing until..





It's time for another song. As Ratcliffe essentially sings how things are not how they appear. Fair song, but at least there's no Edith Lansbury. After the song, we see that Ratcliffe's form of entertainment is bear baiting. Essentially beating the crap out of a bear with pitchforks. While everyone has a good laugh, Pocahontas says to hell with this, and calls the king and his people savages. And of course, the King, who gladly can dish it out, certainly isn't fond of taking it. He banishes Pocahontas and Rick to the dungeon. As Rolfe questions what to do, a figure in a cloak appears. Take a wild guess who? I'm sure you won't be surprised. So he takes the cloaked individual to the dungeon, and the cloaked figure attacks a guard. As he leads the guards in chase, Rolfe grabs the keys and frees Pocahontas and Rick.



Oh, and the cloaked figure was John Smith.

They kick the crap out of the guards, and make a break for it. Later, as the two Johns argue, Pocahontas runs away, and we get the reprise of the first song of the movie. So after listening to her soul, or something, she decides to go back to face the king, even if it means being hanged. The return to the castle and prove Ratcliffe to be the lying douche that he is. But Ratcliffe is already on his ship, set to leave. The heroes jump aboard, and the final battle of the movie begins, as the John swash buckle, the animals bite and claw, and Rick.... Rick just kicks ass. Ratcliffe and Smith do battle for about a minute. Before Ratcliffe can show Smith between the Eyes, Rolfe hits him with the ship sail, getting him tangled up. Ratcliffe gets arrested, Smith lets Pocahontas be with Rolfe, as the two Board the ship bound back to Virginia, and of course, Kiss to finish the movie. So, after the mourning for Smith, and all that romantic interest in the first movie, that was all for naught? Okay, so this movie has to follow some of the actual historical facts, I'm just saying Pocahontas sure moved on pretty quick.




And that's Pocahontas 2. Mediocre songs, mediocre plot, I hate those animals to death, and Ratcliffe still blows. The animation is okay at best, but certainly nowhere up to par with the original due to being made at a far cheaper budget. All simply more examples of the horrendousness of Disney's cheapquels.
Though if there's one thing I can take away from this film is that.....



Rick is f***ing awesome. And in the end, that's all that needs to be said.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N Wrestling




Runnin' Mild on you.

CBS, 1985

Hulk Hogan. In the 80's, there was no topping him in terms of success in the wrestling business. After the christening of Hulkamania in 84, and the Success of Wrestlemania in 1985, The WWF and Hogan were household names. From various superstars appearing in Cyndi Lauper Videos, to a multitude of commercials, and guest appearances, the WWF was a monopoly that could seemingly do no wrong.

At least in the live action sense.

The popularity of the company was so immense by fall of 1985, that the WWF decided to branch out into the realm of the animated by joining forces with CBS to create a Saturday morning cartoon. The result was Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N Wrestling. A hodgepodge of animation and live action, that lasted for 2 seasons and 26 episodes. So, while a considerable success in episode length, how has the series held up? Does it contain the nostalgic beauty of the wrasslin days of old, or does it go down for the three count like the Brooklyn Brawler?

Let's say our prayers, drink our milk, take our vitamins, and dive in.





The opening is decent. A mix of live action clips of Hogan, and animated scenes of Hulk and his cohorts (Andre the Giant, Wendi Richter, Captain Lou Albano, Junkyard Dog, and Tito Santana) in what i assume is the Hulkmobile being chased by the bad guys (Roddy Piper, Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Fabulous Moolah, Mr. Fuji, and Big John Studd). Pretty basic, but effective enough. the theme song is a minute abridged version of his Pre-Real American theme, which in itself was an instrumental version of Bonnie Tyler's song "Ravishing". Because when you think wrestling, you damn sure think Total Eclipse of the Heart.

So, now that we know the cast of characters, Obviously, they voiced themselves right? Hell no. Instead we got a fair to poor voice cast.



Hogan is voiced by Brad Garrett. Because nobody can recapture the over the top energy of the Hulkster like Robert from Everybody loves Raymond.





Roddy Piper is voiced by Charlie Adler, and Jesus H. Macy, did they ever get this one wrong. Instead of that wild, over the top Hot Rod, we get Adler's attempt at a super villain instead. Really distracting. Sheiky Baby sounds more like a standard Arabian stereotype voice. Maybe he just needs some "Medicine". Moolah sounds somewhat like her. she gets a pass. Studd sounds like a gangster, and the rest of the main villains have The essential evil foreigner voices.





I can actually understand what the hell Andre the Giant is saying in comparison to his real life counterpart, so he gets a pass too. Snuka actually sounds decent as well. Same with JYD, who is voiced by James "Uncle Phil Shredder" Avery. I wonder if he enjoys his WWF Ice Cream Bar after consuming pillowy mounds of mashed potatoes. Wendi Richter has the stanard southern belle accent, which considering I've never given a damn about Wendi to listen to her talk, I'll just accept it. Tito surprisingly has an overly stereotypical Mexican accent, and Albano sounds more like some fat guy then the late great guiding light.

So, what are the episodes about? Considering they're WWF superstars, they obviously spend the show wrestling right? Nope. Why wrestle, when you can go to space, play baseball, compete in a joust, and other farfetched cartoony crap. Because wrestlers certainly have such leisurely schedules. In fact, the title is certainly misleading. There's hardly any rock (save for some cheap versions of actual rock songs), and the wrestlers never wrestle.

So let's look at a few episodes.



We start "Amazons want to have fun" with the Hulkster and pals in a private jet, apparently chartered by Mean Gene. I know Gene-O was beloved, but i doubt he had that much stroke. As you'd guess, the weather started getting rough, and the moderate sized jet was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew the minnow.. wait wrong show. So the jet crashed in the middle of the jungle. So the Hogang sets off to find help, and of course Albano brings along as much food as he can. Boy, and you think the fat jokes about Mickie James were silly. The lust for lunch causes the Captain to get separated from the gang, and captured by a mysterious figure. If you're read the title of this episode, try to at least act surprised.



The group split up to find him, only to get captured as well, and we meet their captors...



Oh, get the hell out of here. This is like some really random rule 63 art.


So, the Hogang explains the reason, but the english speaking native cosplayers believe they're liars due to some stone of truth that glows red in the presence of evil..... Alright then. But an unseen being frees two caged panthers, and as the amazons seem to have trouble capturing them, Andre breaks out the Hogang, and they beat down the two panthers.



Hulk Hogan's Rock and Wrestling.

Action, Excitement, Animal Abuse, and putting the women in their place.



and for no reason, here's Apu, I mean Mean Gene to call the action. Didn't see him on the jet. How the hell did he get there? No, this is a running gag whenever any sort of action arrives. And even he isn't voiced by the Real Gene Okerlund. What the hell? Was Mean Gene in such a high demand, that he couldn't lend his voice in this damn show? the genuine article does make some appearances, but more on that later. And after that he's never seen again. Jeez, the Hogang could have really used Gene's teleportation skills. What a douche.


So they all become friends, and the amazons serve them dinner. Wow, from being tough enough to take down their doppleganers with penises, to being emasculated. The next day the amazons show them their Idol, which is an old plane that the Hogang can use to get home. But before they can, a pair of bad guys try to attack, only to be sent into retreat. The plane gets knocked off the cliff, and this damn episode continues for another 8 minutes. SO we learn the two baddies were looking for a map to some temple, the heroes find it, and then rip off Gilligan's island by making a coconut radio. The villains capture the map and kidnap one of the amazons.

The Amazons from Futurama they sure as hell ain't. Their version of Snu-Snu probably stinks too.

The heroes give chase, and they head into the cave of Tedra. And Deal with Snakes, Crocodiles, and perhaps the weakest giant rock monster ever. So the villains remove some jewel from a rock snake, the temple collapses, and the Amazons get trapped inside. But who cares about that, a chopper comes and rescues the Hogang. So the moral of the story is that amazon cosplayers are the worst kinds of amazons? Who knows.

Lets try another episode.



But first let's talk about perhaps the shows only saving grace, the fact that during the episodes, we get live action segments. Sometimes featuring actual important stars like Hogan, Andre or Piper, or like the majority of them, silly skits with Gene Okerlund and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. All of them entertaining in the cheesy "B-grade Who's on first" style. And it gave me an image i could have lived without.




a nude Lou Albano. So much for pleasant dreams tonight.

let's move on to one with actually features the main villains of the show.



So we start this episode with...




What looks to be Volkoff teaching Moolah the Kama Sutra, or the Randall's cousin technique. I don't know what's creepier, Nude Captain Lou, or the thought of Moolah being able to go down on herself. So, after that fear enducing scene, we meet Moolah's sister, Beautiful Moolah. So their parents named their kids Fabulous and Beautiful? What narcissists. So, she has Moolah and Volkoff watch over her salon. And the duo do essentially nothing but make women look ugly. They literally make it an ugly salon. There really isn't much more to talk about it since it's a 6 minute skit, but the fact that we get Moolah going down on herself is enough of a reason to talk about it.

Let's do one more episode to prove my point across.



The Blue Lagoons... Wait, another trapped on a Jungle/Island episode? Only this time we throw the whole odd couple aspect with Sheiky Baby? Pass.



Wrestling Roomates. Wait, this is an odd couple parody too? I know this show had like 26 episodes, but the idea well was this shallow?



Rock N' Zombies? Now that sounds interesting.


And is 100% Ecw Zombie free.



The Hogang and the Bad Guys (which i guess i can call the Rowdy bunch) Are invited to Bobby Heenan's new amusement park, Rock N' Wrestleland, with attractions based on the wrestlers. And to add filler for a 20 minute plot, whoever's ride gets the best attendance will have their name on the front of the park. So the villains try to sabotage the Hogang's specific rides, only to end up destroying their own. As Heenan, Moolah, and Fuji (who being japanese has to say "Honorable" all the time), enter Moolah's haunted cave. Not the one she was trying to enter in "Moolah's Ugly Salon" thankfully, only to discover the kids running out due to claims of Zombies. We then see JYD and Tito riding the Junkyard Dog's Dogfighters, and get this lovely piece of insensitivity.


Tito Santana in a sombrero throwing burritos at the Junkyard Dog. Thankfully the scene where JYD retorts by throwing fried chicken and watermelon was removed. So piper and Studd wreck JYD's ride, only to end up popping piper's hot air balloon.



As we get back to the zombies plot of this whole episode, the zombie chases more people out of Moolah's cave, and begins to roam the park. And after about 10 minutes in we finally have our zombie invasion. We also learn that Heenan apparently never watched poltergeist, as he built the amusement park on top of a graveyard. As the villains wall up the zombies in Moolah's cave, we learn the winner of the best attraction contest is, to the shock and surprise of everybody, Hulk Hogan. That was an unexpected outcome.



However, while Hogan kisses his own ass as usual, the Zombies escape, kidnap Wendi, and taker to Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride AKA Hogan's big impressive ride. The heroes give chase to the zombies, who despite being dead know how to drive a boat. when a gator sends the boat over, they ride hippos. Hulk saves Wendi, and the Hogang get to shore, only to be surrounded by zombies. Awesome, the WWF stars of the eighties vs zombies, this should be bad ass. But no, they tell the zombies what happened, and the walking dead give chase to Bobby, who apologizes, and rebuilds the cemetery. not before renaming it the Roddy Piper memorial park. the end.


And that's Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling. Dull animation, Insulting stereotypes (though I'm trying to talk stereotypes while mentioning wrestling), horrid voice work, and a severe lack of Rock and or Wrestling. Save for the live action skits, this show is best left forgotten in the WWE vault next to the XFL and WBF events.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Care Bears Adventure In Wonderland


Curiouser and Curiouser.

Nelvana, 1987

I may have to sell my man card for admitting this, but I actually enjoyed the Care Bears as a kid. The Nelvana series at least. I've never seen the earlier iteration from Dic. And looking back at it, it has aged pretty well. At least the first two movies. While both contained that saccharine sugar coat that the Care Bears were known for, they both had surprisingly solid animation, some action and suspense, and some legit scary moments.



Damn the both of them.

Other than some minor gripes (Such as Care Bears II completely retconning the entire first movie), these two stand strong among many of the greats of 80's Animation.

The 3rd one, not so much.

At the point of the movie's release, Nelvana, the company behind the first 2 movies, had taken the reigns of the animated series from Dic, and since both movies had seen their share of success, obviously lightning could strike again with a third animated feature. However, we had already seen the same old "Devil and Daniel Webster" plot before, so what else is there to possibly crib from?

Alice in Wonderland.

Because that makes sense. But complaining about logic from a toon with bears that shoot love from their stomachs seems illogical in itself, so I guess making sense of it is useless. Nonetheless, let's delve deep into the rabbit hole and review this sucker.



We open our movie to a slightly mediocre song entitled "Rise and Shine" as the Care Bears and Care Bear Cousins awake to start a new day. All but Grumpy, AKA the only care bear worth a damn in this series. However, he awakes to the sound of a rabbit trying to escape through his mirror. Upon releasing him, the rabbit makes a dash about Care-A-Lot, and is looking for his Niece Swift Heart Rabbit. He needs their help to find...



Princess Peach?

No, it's the princess of Wonderland, and they have to find her before a wizard takes over wonderland or something like that. So the Care Bears set off across the world, asking kids about her whereabouts to no success. All this to another cheesy song.

We're only 5 minutes in, and we have 2 songs.

This is going to be a long one folks.

Taking the advice of one kid, they head to the house of a girl named, you guessed it, Alice.

While I'm here I have to say, what's the deal with every Care Bear movie having one female protagonist with blond hair and blue eyes?


Care Bears 1


Care Bears 2


And now Care Bears 3.

Oh we silly Canadians and our lack of originality.

Even after realizing that she isn't the real princess, they decide that she's close enough, so they head into wonderland through Alice's mirror. At least a few of them, as the Wizard breaks the mirror before Grumpy (Who's running gag in this movie is being hungry, yet constantly unable to eat), The Rabbit, and Swift Heart Rabbit can enter. Apparently now it's impossible for them to enter Wonderland. Just use another mirror then dumb ass. That's how you got in. No, they use the rabbit hole like in the book. So the two parties set off to meet at Heart Castle. and another awful song plays. Not even 15 minutes of an almost 90 minute movie, and we have 3 songs already.This one performed by some Randy Newman wannabe. I guess shit singers got no reason. We see many of the denizens of Wonderland, at least retaining the trippy feel that the books are known for. But as our main group enjoys the silly sights, they are watched by...



Jafar's less intimidating brother? No, it's the Evil Wizard that everyone's so freaked the hell out about.

Through exposition, (AKA his 2 assistants, Dim and Dumb, who look like Beastly, one of the main villains of the series. Damn, i really do remember too much about that show), we learn that The Wizard's assistants kidnapped the princess and stashed her in the Jabberwocky's cave. If Alice takes the place of the princess she'll be crowned ruler instead of him. so he sends his two moronic aides to get rid of them. That's something I've never understood about evil wizards. If they're so damn powerful, why can't they just take over the kingdom already? If you're such a damn threat, just kill the girl and take the damn thing. But, there would be no movie that way.



The main group encounter a busy street filled with Flamingos, being run by a caterpillar traffic cop. So Tender Heart (The red bear) uses a rainbow bridge made from his stomach to get close enough to ask for directions. Okay, now if they can just do that, why the hell would they have to trek.. there i go using logic again. He gives them a shortcut, yet forgets to tell them to stay off the checkerboard. And of course, they end up on the checkerboard, where Dim and Dumb try to give them a free ride. Tender Heart informs them that they don't take rides from strangers. This coming from a bunch of bears who essentially abducted a girl from her home to some screwed up land where some evil powerful wizard could easily kill her if he had the chance. Pot calling the kettle black is an understatement. So when that plan goes awry, the two instead send out evil red robots to attack the care bears.

Care Bears fighting robots in Wonderland. Never thought those words would ever be jumbled together.

So after defeating the robots, and sending the dumb pigs in retreat, the group are reunited with the others, and hear a rather lame rap beat. That's right, song #4 already. Not even Disney pumps out this many songs in a movie at this amount of time.



The song is sung from a rapping Cheshire Cat, who informs them in rap form about the Mad hatter. So, after aligning for a minute, the group splits up again. An encounter with a giant snap dragon ends with Grumpy having a pirate hat on his head. The result has him actually believing he's a pirate. It was funnier when Ed Bighead did it. Meanwhile, the other group makes it to Heart Palace as Alice begins to go emo about her possible new duties as queen. That ends quick as the moronic duo finally capture her. Alice finally meets the Wizard of Wonderland, who informs her of his plot.. through song. God, it's like a song per 5 minute ratio. And what villain in an animated film has ever done a ukulele song as his evil song before? then again, the ukulele is a pretty evil instrument in itself. The whole thing is pretty corny, but easily ignorable. Until this happens.



Jesus H. Macy, where the hell did that come from? It happens for literally a split second, and it's never mentioned or even seen again throughout this whole damn movie. Forget your big lipped alligator moments, this is a bug eyed wizard millisecond. And after that whole speech in song form, he lets her go.

Alright then.

So Alice ends up in the throne room, and despite the Wizard's attempts to out her, the Queen of Hearts thinks that Alice is her daughter. Kinda makes the whole keeping her kidnapped idea seem like a much better plan. It appears the Queen actually knows the whole situation with the wizard and her lost daughter. So, why not at least form a strong search party for your real daughter instead of find the Princess then? if the best you can do is one freakin' rabbit, then it's shocking as all hell that Not-Jafar hasn't taken over sooner. And the Red Queen seems a little too nice in this one. Maybe I'm more sentimental for the eviler queen from the Disney version. So while Alice does princess stuff, and even plays an epic croquet match, the other group finally encounters the Mad Hatter...



Who looks like Dopey from the 7 Dwarfs for some odd reason. Oh well, still beats Johnny Depp's "Gene Wilder from hell" getup.


You should not be!

Oh, and he's mad about hats. How do I know this?

Because it's another damn song!

Though to be honest, it's actually a decent song. or at least decent in this movie's sense. The group find the princess, however the still have to contend with their giant Jabberwocky problem. They rescue the princess, and escape, before deciding to actually help the Jabberwocky's problem with a thorn in his paw. The Jabberwocky, also known as Stan decides to aid them as they head to the castle. So Alice almost gets crowned, before the wizard informs them all about the princess test. Essentially she has to climb a giant mountain, get water from a well, and make the sleeping flowers bloom.

Damn, Wonderland really doesn't screw around when it comes to royal tests.

Hey it's been 10 minutes, how about another song? Again from the rapping Cheshire cat. Who with his "not quite Tone Loc, but it'll do" rapping, encourages her to get to the top of the mountain. And with the aid of the Care Bears to stop the Wizard's evil duo, she does. So she gets the water, and if this couldn't appeal to girls any more so, she finds a baby unicorn caught in vines, and feeds it the water. and in the end, she still is able to make the sleeping bloom. It's revealed that Alice and the Princess traded places, as the Wizard is arrested. Wonderland is saved, Alice goes home, and Grumpy bear finally gets to eat.

And that's Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland. Quite the merry piece of mediocrity. but the real problem is that this honestly never needed the Care Bears. The main plot is never about them, and by the end they just seem to be more extras than ever really useful. But since Nelvana still had the rights, it makes some sense.

And with that, I'd like to thank you for reading this induction, Have a safe and happy holiday, and In the new year there should hopefully be more animated atrocities to come.